How To Pigment Laminate Slice Of Furniture Inward Three Slowly Steps!

When nosotros moved into our solid a few years back, nosotros had 2 hot pinkish couches in addition to a mattress on the floor. That's almost the fourth dimension I began finding quondam thrift shop slice of furniture in addition to icon it...and out of necessity, a hobby was born. 

Now iii years later, I've painted in addition to repurposed tons of furniture, in addition to my entire solid is furnished amongst my finds. 

This aqua blueish dresser is i of my favorites. Enjoy!

Last calendar week some friends were moving in addition to they gave me a bunch of slice of furniture from their basement. It was some pretty dated stuff, but I knew I could upwards update amongst paint. The pieces were laminate, which ordinarily isn't ideal, but I teach tons of questions almost how to pigment laminate furniture, in addition to I knew this would hold out a cracking gamble to speak almost it. 

So, hither nosotros go. This is how to pigment laminate furniture. 
I pigment the bulk of my existent forest pieces this way, too, thence it actually industrial plant for merely almost whatsoever form of forest furniture.

So, hither is the trailer sum of gratuitous slice of furniture I brought home.

I decided to start amongst the smaller dresser first 

(although I eventually painted the larger one, too).

Here's the earlier picture.

The dresser was inwards cracking shape, in addition to was a perfect pigment candidate. After merely a duad hours of work, this is what I ended upwards with. I intend it's my favorite pigment project.

Or at to the lowest degree a practiced challenger to my all-time favorite. It's difficult to compete amongst that one.

So let's speak almost the actual procedure of painting. One of the most mutual questions I teach almost icon laminate slice of furniture is if it should hold out sanded first. In my experience, no. Sanding laminate slice of furniture tin ship away harm the laminate in addition to basically ruin the piece. So, hold out careful.

 Rather than sanding the laminate, all you lot possess got to do to teach the pigment to adhere correctly is prime.

The argue you lot should prime number your laminate slice of furniture start earlier icon is simple. Laminate has a shiny complete in addition to if you lot merely travail to pigment straight on it, the pigment volition non adhere good in addition to you'll visibly run across the pigment bubble upwards every bit shortly every bit you lot apply it. I've made this error before, in addition to it's a lamentable moment. The solution is primer. Primer volition adhere to the laminate, in addition to it volition create a surface that your pigment tin ship away adhere to. It volition give-up the ghost on your pigment from scratching or peeling off, it volition encompass upwards the forest stain, in addition to it volition fifty-fifty encompass upwards that musty aroma quondam slice of furniture tends to have. Basically, primer is awesome. 

The primer I ordinarily usage is Zinsser primer (affiliate link). I've also used Kilz, in addition to it industrial plant actually well, too. Just await for a primer that says it's practiced for adhesion.

Once you lot allow your primer to dry out (You belike solely demand to hold back a duad hours, but I allow it dry out overnight.), it's fourth dimension to pigment the dresser. I was able to do the entire dresser amongst i pocket-size $3 sample of Behr apartment pigment inwards Marina Isle. It's i of my favorite pigment colors. It looks amazing on slice of furniture in addition to is the perfect lilliputian aqua. To apply the pigment you'll demand an angled paintbrush in addition to a pocket-size foam roller. I usage the angled paintbrush to teach into all the crevices in addition to corners, in addition to thence I smoothen everything amongst the pocket-size foam roller every bit I go, getting rid of whatsoever brushmarks. This volition give you lot a flawless, factory-like, smoothen finish. I did 2 coats, allowing it to fully dry out betwixt coats.

 I pose a tarp on my sleeping accommodation flooring in addition to painted it right there. 

I'm a ridiculous someone in addition to I do non recommend this.

Once your pigment has dried, it's fourth dimension to seal it. This is the concluding step. I knew this dresser would hold out getting a lot of usage in addition to I needed it to hold out durable. So rather than wax it similar I do to my chalk pigment pieces (like this one), I decided to usage polycrylic. If you lot demand your pigment task to hold out durable, teach amongst polycrylic (affiliate link). Polycrylic is cracking because it's durable similar Polyurethane, but it doesn't yellowish over fourth dimension in addition to it's actually low-odor. To apply your polycrylic, merely brush it on amongst a high character pigment brush. I did 2 coats, allowing it to dry out for several hours inwards between. If you lot tin ship away run across whatsoever brushmarks, you lot tin ship away sand lightly amongst fine grit sand newspaper i time the polycrylic is dry.

After the dresser was fully cured (about 24 hours), it was fourth dimension to modify the hardware. Changing the hardware is i of the best ways to update quondam furniture. Although the quondam hardware wasn't bad, in addition to could possess got been easily updated amongst a coat of silvery or ORB spray pigment (seen here), I decided to travail something new.

After finishing upwards my kitchen cabinets and beingness thrilled amongst the hardware from D. Lawless, I was browsing their shop in addition to institute that they had an amazing option of antique restoration hardware. I had been looking for something similar this for a actually long time, in addition to was thence excited. 

It took me forever to decide, too, because at that topographic point were tons to pick out from. I eventually chose the stamped solid embellished brass bail pull. 

These pulls were solely $3.45.

Which is crazy talk.

The pulls were originally brass, but I wanted to spray pigment them silver. The gilded delineate looked actually chic in addition to reminded me of my favorite kitchen isle ever, but it merely looked off when combined amongst the other slice of furniture inwards the room. So, ultimately, I decided to spray pigment the hardware.

I'm happy amongst the means it turned out after spray icon the hardware, in addition to it feels similar it merely fits inwards amongst the residue of the bedroom.

A few hardware spray icon tips: Since I didn't desire the pulls to hold out vivid chrome, I decided to layer some spray paints. I sprayed the hardware start amongst the Rust-Oleum Bright Coat Chrome and thence gave it a actually fine misting amongst the Rust-Oleum Universal Pure Gold (affiliate links). I dearest the result. It ended upwards beingness a actually pretty pewter, in addition to because it has some dimension to it, it doesn't await thence spray painted.

Here's a closeup of the hardware after beingness spray painted.

 To complete everything, I added a few thrift shop finds to the top of the dresser.

And whatever the cheapest flowers were at Kroger.

I institute the starburst mirror at Costco for $20. It was originally an outdoor mirror, but whatever.

And that, friends, is the story of the blueish dresser/how to pigment laminate furniture! Thanks thence much for beingness here. 

Want more? Head over to this post in addition to banking concern check out my top 10 thrift shop slice of furniture makeovers,

or this post where I answer your top v slice of furniture pigment questions!

'Til adjacent time!

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